Comment.........................................7,8 Crime Report ...................................... 8 News & Notes............................. 10,11 Calendar.....................................12,13 Comics

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1. Buck 5. Supportive 8. Nibble 12. Kojak’s lack 13. Captain’s record 14. Strong cord 15. Wheel shaft 16. Piercing tool 17. Had creditors 18. Utter unhappiness 20. Generation 22. Brief message 24. Finished 28. Colony insect 31. Shy 33. Wood cutter 34. Plural pronoun 35. Alter 36. Vegetable drawer 37. Chunk of eternity 38. Strained 39. Pig’s place 40. Glide 42. Deep-____ pie 44. Classifieds 46. Purl, e.g. 50. On the crest 53. Perform 55. Long stick 56. Queue 57. Gloom 58. Diamond shape 59. Nasty look

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1. Farce 2. Cab 3. Feels unwell 4. Envy’s color 5. School recess 6. Scrap 7. Eye rudely 8. Creak 9. Here’s partner 10. Chimpanzee, e.g. 11. Elope 19. Turned PAGE 16 | FEBRUARY 10 - 16, 2022

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PUZZLE NO. 122

STRANGE BREW JOHN DEERING

ACROSS

1. Molecule part 5. To’s opposite 8. Wound covering 12. Baby’s father 13. Small boy 14. Record 15. Discontinues 16. Not deserved 18. Tease 20. Hazel and

Alice 21. Ranch 24. Evergreen shrubs 25. Removers of weeds 26. Swindle 27. Duet number 30. Pale 31. “The Flying ____” 32. Gather crops 33. Gosh! 34. Cooking vessel 35. Worth 36. Out of range 38. Midriffs 39. Undress 41. Ache 42. Tag incorrectly 44. Urgent want 48. Verbal 49. United 50. Roofline detail 51. Hair products 52. TV promos 53. Attracted

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1. Summer cooler 2. Light brown 3. Different 4. Command 5. Liquid 6. Go on and on 7. Verse form 8. Drinking aid 9. Flour holders 10. Imitated 11. River bottoms 17. Pulpit word 19. Used to be 21. Rug style 22. Model 23. Play practice 24. Hither and ____ 26. Mowed 28. Linger 29. Picks 31. Neither’s mate 32. Ruled 34. Mama’s fellow 35. Guy 37. Occupies 38. United

Kingdom region 39. Air pollution 40. Get sleepy 41. Hang fire 43. Large scarf 45. Corn spike 46. Cain’s mother 47. Dawn moisture

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ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 122

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SPORTS QUIZ By Ryan A. Berenz

1. Name the 1977 Australian Open tennis champion from the U.S. who died from carbon monoxide poisoning in 1994?

2. What Pro Football Hall of Famer was head coach of the Buffalo Bills from 1986-97 and the team’s general manager from 2006-07?

3. The NHL’s William M. Jennings Trophy is awarded annually to players at what position? 4. What current NFL stadium hosted a NASCAR race on July 21, 1956?

5. What prize, named for an English politician and cricket patron, is awarded in Australia’s first-class domestic cricket competition?

6. How many times did Jake LaMotta defeat boxing rival Sugar Ray Robinson in their six fights from 1942-51?

7. The plastic horns famously used by spectators at the 2010 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament in South Africa are known as what?

Last Week’s Answers

1. Lillehammer • 2. Lindsey Jacobellis • 3. Nordic combined. 4. Apolo Ohno • 5. Herschel Walker • 6. Kristi Yamaguchi. 7. Great Britain, with nine.

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